Well this has caused some debate.
Just wanted to put my humble opinion in- Surely the issue here is not
diversity. British History is what it is- and we need to educate the younger
generations on the facts of exactly what happened in the past, in order for
them to learn for the future. If there seems to be a focus on White England,
then surely this is because (and I hesitate to write this in fear of being
jumped upon)that is what this country was for many years.
I for one am thankful that this country has changed and is a wonderful
diverse place with so much heritage to offer, however surely it is important
to look at how we got here and what lessons have been learned- which means
that our children must learn about the 'white ruling classes' of our past.
And as Don says, the slave trade and British Empire are quite rightly
mentioned and surely it is impossible for these topics to be broached
without diversity. Also the citizenship curriculum clearly mentions
diversity as a key learning element.
I do largely agree that this proposal does seem to cram a great deal into
the curriculum but I for one feel that the chronological approach is a
positive and logical approach. It will definitely mess up the offer we
currently have here and I foresee a great deal of hard work to change and
adapt our led sessions but I feel maybe we should embrace these new ideas
instead of immediately jumping on them.
I will now retreat :)
Thanks
Liz
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[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Don Henson
Sent: 07 February 2013 16:00
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Subject: Re: Draft National Curriculum online HISTORY
John,
I largely agree - but at least the slave trade is still there and any
teaching of the British Empire must involve teaching about diversity and the
historical origins of modern British society. Any good teacher worth their
salt can take this and teach imaginatively.
Also, diversity is mentioned explicitly in the Citizenship curriculum.
My main issue - echoing Dave - is the shear amount of chronology crammed
into KS2.
Don
Don Henson
Freelance Consultant in Public Archaeology and Education
See my web pages at
http://www.independent.academia.edu/DonHenson
http://nowthenuk.wordpress.com
and my new book, Doing Archaeology, at
http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415602129/
I am also Hon. Director of CASPAR
Centre for Audio-Visual Study and Practice in Archaeology Institute of
Archaeology University College London
This is deeply depressing on many scores: it appears to be basically a white
ruling class, Little Englander view of history as mainly great men and
women, kings queens and government- as taught circa 1960?
It ignores diversity, most of social history and culture and the wider
world- and most developments in history teaching and cultural learning in
the last 40 years.
It seems designed to put generations of children off history and to ignore
completely the reasons we (including through GEM and its representatives on
the Schools Council and Dearing review) advocated change and museum/
heritage content at various stages in the evolution of the NC. The evidence
for all that is still there- and we can show the evidence for the benefits
of what we in museums and heritage have done to inspire children and
teachers since the introduction of the NC.
Perhaps the main issues we should concentrate on in our response are:
The importance of starting children off from the local and tangible (the
current local history element) and certainly not from prehistory- the most
remote stretch of history which museums and heritage organisations find most
challenging to bring to life.
The proven success and stimulus of direct contact with the past and with the
widest possible range of evidence-museums galleries sites photographs
archives etc (as explicitly stated in the NC from the start)
We could also argue as I'm sure the Historical Association will that you can
develop a sense of chronology and time (admittedly a problem with the old
NC) without plodding through the whole of political and 'national' history.
We should also be prepared [if it goes through] to provide a massive amount
of CPD for (probably demoralised) teachers, as we did when the NC was first
brought in- then the challenge was dealing with among others ancient Greece,
Rome, Aztecs, Benin, China etc!
We will have a crucial role to play in bringing large tracts of British
history to life for children at KS1-3 so they still want to do History at
KS4 and stay interested for the rest of their lives.
John
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Sent: 07 February 2013 14:55
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Exactly my first thoughts Neil!
Jane
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Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2013 2:52 PM
Subject: Re: Draft National Curriculum online
I presume it isn't only me who glanced over that document and wondered how
on earth teachers are going to cover the quantity of KS2 stuff in any
meaningful way.
And how well 6-7 year olds (KS1) are actually going to be able to cope with
'concepts such as civilisation, monarchy, parliament, democracy, and war and
peace that are essential to understanding history'
Neil
On 7 February 2013 14:42, Willis, Josephine (ACS, Cultural Services)
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
History may not be compulsory, but the reorganisation of how it should be
taught up to KS3 in a chronological order opens new potential all round, not
only for the subjects we are used to promoting but also new historical
periods.
Jo Willis
Senior Museum Learning Assistant
The Commandery
Sidbury, Worcester, WR1 2HU
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[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Lesley Walker
Sent: 07 February 2013 13:04
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Subject: Re: Draft National Curriculum online
Thanks for sending this out to everyone Liz. Sadly no compulsory history for
14-16 year olds.
Museums should especially note - no Victorians at KS2!! and hopefully the
six wives could be finally put to rest as well ...
best wishes
Lesley
Dr Lesley Walker
Heritage Learning and Interpretation
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On 07/02/2013, at 12:21 PM, Liz Denton wrote:
Dear All
The new draft documents for England has just been made available
http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/teachingandlearning/curriculum/nationalc
urriculum2014/b00220600/consultation-national-curriculum-pos
http://media.education.gov.uk/assets/files/pdf/n/national%20curriculum%20con
sultation%20-%20framework%20document.pdf
As the DfE website states
On 7 February 2013,
<http://media.education.gov.uk/assets/files/pdf/n/national%20curriculum%20co
nsultation%20-%20framework%20document.pdf> draft programmes of study for
all National Curriculum subjects in Key Stages 1 to 3, and draft programmes
of study for citizenship, computing and PE in Key Stage 4, were published
for consultation.
It makes for very interesting reading ,,,,,,particularly at KS2 History...
Best wishes
Liz
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